Books
Sharing the resources Paul collects. The books database is now in development. Check out our library at librarything.com/catalog/pdupree
Ten questions with Scott Berkun, author of “The Myths of Innovation”
Wednesday, July 4, 2007 · Topics: innovation
From Guy Kawasaki: In his most recent book Berkun explores (or, more accurately, “explodes”) the romantic notions of how innovation occurs. · Go to Ten Questions with Scott Berkun, Author of “The Myths of Innovation” → · Read more →
The Bootstrapper’s Bible by Seth Godin
Thursday, November 9, 2006 · Topics: entrepreneurship, pdf, startups, strategy
From ChangeThis: Here’s never been a better time to start a business with no money. This manifesto will show you how. · Go to The Bootstrapper’s Bible by Seth Godin →
Presence
Friday, November 3, 2006 · Topics: change-resources, presencing, theory-u
Presence is an intimate look at the development of a new theory about change and learning. In wide-ranging conversations held over a year and a half, organizational learning pioneers Peter Senge, C. Otto Scharmer, Joseph Jaworski, and Betty Sue Flowers explored the nature of transformational change — how it arises, and the fresh possibilities it offers a world dangerously out of balance. · Read more →
CrazyBusy
Tuesday, July 25, 2006 · Topics: attention-deficit-disorder, positive-emotions, positive-psychology
CrazyBusy: Overstretched, overbooked, and about to snap — Strategies for coping in a world gone ADD by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., is a prescriptive guide that shows us how to survive in an ultra-competitive, ultra-fast, attention deficit society — and remain sane. · Read more →
Organizational culture and leadership
Saturday, April 29, 2006 · Topics: leadership, leadership-development, org-culture
by Edgar H. Schein. Whether they intend to or not, leaders play a crucial role in creating and manifesting an organizational culture’s capability of achieving its mission and goals. Drawing on a wide range of contemporary business realities, Schein defines culture and demonstrates the impact leaders have in forming culture in their own organizations. · Read more →
Jonathan Haidt: The Happiness Hypothesis
Friday, April 28, 2006 · Topics: happiness, lessons-learned, positive-emotions, positive-psychology, virtue
by Jonathan Haidt. This is a book about ten great ideas. Each chapter is an attempt to savor one idea that has been discovered by several of the world’s civilizations — to question it in light of what we now know from scientific research, and to extract from it the lessons that still apply to our modern lives… It is a book about how to construct a life of virtue, happiness, fulfillment, and meaning. · Read more →
Leadership on the Line
Tuesday, April 25, 2006 · Topics: adaptive-leadership, leadership, leadership-development
Ronald A. Heifetz and Marty Linksy provide an approach to “adaptive leadership,” meaning those situations for which there are no predetermined answers and rules for engagement. · Read more →
Soar with your strengths
Saturday, February 12, 2005 · Topics: positive-emotions, strengths
by Donald O. Clifton and Paula Nelson. Clifton and the folks at the Gallup Organization developed this theory: Focus on strengths and manage the weaknesses. Find out what you do well and do more of it. And find out what you don’t do well and stop doing it. · Read more →
